The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-08-05
Interesting News from Cross Keys.
Cnoss KEYS, s. o., August I, 1s

OROSS hbtep .. W, huSuse II 1901.
Mr.. EprroR.--In your last issue see that
you are anxious to havo the news from every |
section of our county, l therefore take the
liberty to send you few items from Cross Keys
rs to the crops, Of which 50 much is being
written about. will simply state that We are
having abundance Of rain and the crops are
the finest that ever saw, which puts q smile
upon the faces Of merchants and doctors, as
well as the faithful farmers. In speaking of
the crops today Col. r. v. Gist said that they
were the best that he ever saw, except the year J
1916 and I have no doubt that there is o
great deal more planted than there was that
year.
On Friday evening the 2olh ulto., as Daniel
F. Bishop, q II year-old young man of this
place, was returning from Clinton he impru-
IDENTIFY drove into the Sexton ford, on Enoree
River, and as the river was greatly swollen
by the rains that had fallen after he crossed
that morning, hc and the team, consisting Of
two fine mules, came very near being drowned.
He was told by the neighbors before reaching
the ford, that it would be safe to cross, but as
he drove into the river his team was immedi-
ately washed down the rapid current which
| was swimming water from bank to bank.
After swimming down tho river for one hun
dred yards, he was throwA from the buggy
into the river in his effort to tho cushions.
When he saw that he could not return to the
buggy he halloed gee to the mules, when they
turned and swan back to the bank from whence
they came, and would have landed but was
prevented by the buggy hitching to q tree.
| Mr.. d. swan on down the river and landed on
| the opposite side about a quarter Of mile from
the ford. But for his presence of mind in re-
moving his shoes before being thrown from the
buggy, it is very probable that he would have
met q watery grave, as he had on heavy suit,
and is by no means q good swimmer. He ran
back up the river and taking off his clothes
committed himself to the foaming water and
swan to tho mules, on the opposite side, whose
heads only were visible, and who were moaning
and struggling for life, while heavy rubbish
were floating down the stream against them
A negro man on the opposite side threw him
knife with which he extricated the almost
drowned mules. The buggy was pulled up by
some negroes, who were present by this time,
and everything was saved except the buggy
cushions and whip and wrench, aud the dam
age to the harness in being cut to extricate
the mules, and one Of Mr.. BIS. shoes, which
perhaps, failed to reach the bank he threw
them out. He then, by the aid Of a stone,
broke the look of n batcau and in it padded
back to the side he at first attempted to gain,
where quite q crowd had gathered, leaving
tho buggy and mules on the Laurens side un-
til the next day, when he adopted the pru-
dence that he first should have done and went
around by the Bridge and brought them all
homo safe. l hope he will in the future ai-
here to the old adage that prudence is the
better part of valor.' Let this be o warning
to all mover to rush into swollen streams to
save little distance. d. N. W.
An Unfounded Complaint from North Pacolst
SKULL SHOALS, July 80, 1887.
Mr.. EDIroR.-I notice in your last issue
that you soy: Tho following, which we take
from the Augusta correspondence of the Ner.
and Courier, is assuring to us that the work
on the Three Cs road is progressing in this
direction from Augusta. There are, however.
many rumors aaoat, that the line of the road
may be changed beyond this place
| NOW, tnlnk tnaL the ortlcle you puOliSheo
on your first page of the same issue, from the
Newberry Observer, ought to have allaycd all
your fears about the road not coming To your
town. And we North of Pacolet, who know
something Of this road and are interested In
its coming this way, don't think you need hav,
any fears; and we beg that if you cannot do u,
exactly fair, that you do US as fair as you can
And while we hesitate to offer any advice t.
50 old man as the Editor of the TIMES, ye
we suggest that if you wish to use your paper
for the best interest Of the county that yor
let Charlotte's interest alone and work to havt
this branch of the Three C's road huilt from
Union to Blacks, which will give Onion County
more miles of railroad and develop section
Of her territory that she will be proud of IL
after years. And besides, il the Three CT
is ever finished, as is now contemplated, Unior
will have an almost direct line to Cincinnati
Chicago and also to Charlotte; that is,
you consider the Air Line nilroad anything
A. A. SARRA1T.
News From Gatfney
Correspondence Union Times.
GAFFNEY CRY, s. c., Aug, 1st 1887.
, My last weeks communication was mailed
, at this office Tuesday evening &C., and the
NJ, at this place informs mo it was sent Of